Monsal Trail parkrun

Bus: From Chesterfield: Catch Hulleys of Baslow bus 170 from B12 stop on New Beetwell Street, Chesterfield at 7:45 am. Alight at Pineapple Farm at about 8:40, cross the road, and descend to the Monsal Trail through a small gate and over a style. Turn right and walk for almost half a mile to Hassop Station. The 170 returns from Bakewell at 10 minutes past each hour, and reaches the stop opposite Pineapple Farm 2 or 3 minutes later.

There is a Bakewell Station but this is no longer used as a train station, however you can access the Monsal Trail from Bakewell Station (approx 1 mile from start/finish at Hassop Station).

The Monsal Trail is an old disused railway line and has numerous access points for people coming on foot. If you join the trail at the old Bakewell train station (disused), turn left onto the Monsal Trail and its a 1 mile walk or run to the start. Our start/finish at Hassop Station is waymarked from several points along the Monsal Trail.

The start/finish is at Hassop Station approximately 1 mile from Bakewell. The postcode for SATNAV users is: DE45 1NW. From Bakewell take the A619 out of Bakewell, turn onto B6001 (approx 300 meters after Newholme Hospital). w3w: ///educates.extra.muffin

There is limited Pay and Display parking at Hassop Station. £2.50 for 2 hours. Please note that payment by card is accepted but the machines are slow and runners frequently experience queues to pay - please arrive in plenty of time (highly recommended before 08:30) to ensure that you are able to park and pay in time to join the welcome briefing and make the start of the event.

Alternative parking is available in Bakewell town centre - Granby Rd, Bakewell, DE45 1ES. This is approximately a 1.5 mile jog/walk along the Monsal Trail to the start.

Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: the Hassop Station Café. Please come and join us!

Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee in the Hassop Station Café - please come and join us!

Monsal Trail parkrun is a fun, free event organised by volunteers for the benefit of everyone. We wish to make the event as safe as possible, so participants, spectators and helpers are asked to take care about the following:

• Please be considerate to the park and other park users at all times.
• Children under the age of eleven must be accompanied (within arm's reach) throughout the event by a parent, guardian or appropriate adult of the parent's choice.
• Please arrive by foot, by pedal-power or by public transport if you can - your efforts help to reduce our impact on the park and the planet.
• We invite everyone to consider volunteering at parkrun. Your support helps your parkrun events remain sustainable and free for all in your community, and it’s also a wonderful way to improve your own health and happiness. Please visit the volunteer page for more information.
• Take care near roads and car parks – some vehicles drive very quickly. Please congregate away from the cars and be careful in particular if you have children. If you’re driving to the event, please drive carefully.
• Take care on uneven surfaces – whether on grass or on tarmac. Watch out for cyclists, other participants, pedestrians, children, dogs, wildlife, park animals, vehicles, park maintenance work, falling branches, bollards, posts and other obstacles around the course.
• Please ensure that you are fit enough to walk, jog, run 5k (3.1 miles) with us.
• If you see someone with a serious problem, please stop to help them out and get help as soon as possible.
• If you’re watching, keep clear of participants on the course, and look after any children and dogs you may have with you.
• It is not permitted to run with a pushchair and a dog at the same time.
• Lyme Disease is a bacterial infection spread to humans by infected ticks. Consider protecting yourself by wearing repellent when at parkrun events in grassy or wooded areas. See lymediseaseuk.com for further details.
• You are welcome to take part with one dog by your side, within reach at all times, on a short, handheld, non-extendable lead. The use of waist harnesses is prohibited. Please also see this Support Site entry for further details about parkrunning with dogs.
• parkrunners pushing buggies are welcome, but please take care of others around you and do your best to start at an appropriate place in the field for your pace.

We hope these tips help to ensure that Monsal Trail parkrun is fun and safe for everyone.

All parkrun events use Age Grading to help parkrunners compare results.

parkrun events use Age Grading to help parkrunners see progress and compare results.

For more information, please see our Support page.

All parkrun events are organised by volunteers - email monsaltrail@parkrun.com to help.

parkrun is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk. For our full safeguarding processes and policies please see our Safeguarding Hub.

To report a safeguarding concern please email safeguarding@parkrun.com.